Recall back in the 1980’s when the reckless Republicans wanted to drill, drill, drill and pave, pave, pave with no regard to life and the environment. That’s when those “OLD” Dems came in and said “No ya’ DON’T! You need to raise that pipeline up so many feet every so often in order for the animals to migrate peacefully. You also need to have emergency spill kits and plans approved by the government before you drill!” I miss those “OLD” Democrats. They possessed common sense versus these so-called “NEW” Democrats such as Nancy Pelosi who would put our lives and our sovereignty in great danger because they want to “save the Earth” (Source: Los Angeles Times) at the expense (that emphasized part is the KEY) of our national security due to our dependence upon TERRORISTS for our fuel and our general well-being. Until just hours ago, ole’ Barry Obama was one of these “NEW” Democrats. Now, The Palm Beach Post’s Michael C. Bender informs us he just might not be against this grave threat to our national security after all as a direct result of our oil dependence on nations who sponsor terrorism.

Oh, indeed — it is an “Obama flip-flop” — more of those types of flip-flops are welcomed by this blogger, by the way. That said, just remember which of the two candidates was the FIRST to be “against drilling for oil before he was against it” — none other than Señor McCain himself (Source: Shreveport Times — July 7th of this year). Despite that fact, expect Rush Limbaugh, his Dittoheads, and other McCainiacs to “conveniently forget” Senator McFlipFlop’s previous solidarity with the “New Democratic Do Nothing And Drill Nothing” Congress on this issue. It’s a “given”. It WILL happen.

Last but not least, you would think such an important development would be the main topic of discussion today on the Internets, in the blogospheres and in the mainstream media, would you? NOPE. It’s more important for the McCainiacs and Obamaniacs to play the “who played the race card first?” (Source: The New York Times) game. I’m personally losing more respect by the minute for BOTH candidates for playing childish games when America has NEVER been in greater danger of economic and military threats in THIS “Generation X’er’s” lifetime. NEVER. Please, my fellow Americans — use your heads and THINK about just how important this presidential election is. PLEASE. I beg you.

Let me bring you back to reality — on this day, at this time (1:30 CST, 2AUG08) — there is nothing more important to our nation’s future than the revelation a common sense home soil oil exploration bill does not necessarily equal an automatic veto from either of the two front-runners’ potential, presidential pen. To put this news into perspective, imagine a “President Pelosi” (Please — IMPEACH HER) who would trade our national security and economic freedom for the life of a snail darter. In my not-so-humble opinion, those who share her point of view are not worthy of holding such important offices in our government, but that’s just MOI. There is a way to drill offshore; to drill that wasteland (and yes, I’ve seen it with my own eyes, have you?) called “ANWR” without destroying our environment and I hold the Democrats accountable to see to it this takes place while I fully expect the G.O.P. to put their “Almighty Dollar” above all else.

Last but not least, now that I’ve delved into the long-term impact of today’s REAL “news”, let’s look at the short-term effect — lower gas prices, and SOON. Oh, I know — the “NEW” Democrats keep trying to tell us advances by our government to permit home-based oil exploration will have zero impact in the short-term. BUNK. Folks who have been reading this blog for a few weeks or more will recall my prediction that gas prices would IMMEDIATELY plummet just on the news we are opening up our homeland for our own big oil development and lo and behold — I WAS CORRECT…